Rensselaer Republican, Volume 27, Number 6, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 4 October 1894 — A DOG’S ACUTE EAR. [ARTICLE]

A DOG’S ACUTE EAR.

He Knows When a Particular Organ Pipe Is Opened. “Dogs have most acute ears in detecting differences in the quality Of sound,” said a musician lately. “I have at home a large Newfoundland which is a great lover of music. No matter in what portion of the house I may be, he always comes to me when I begin to play, lying close to the piano. I have an old organ. It is one of those instruments with many stops and but few good qualities. I think I hase been able after much endeavor to distinguish two different qualities of tone in all of toe long row of stops, but my dog made it apparent to me that my ears were not as acute as his. “I play for variety upon the organ, notwithstanding its being antiquated, and my dog seems to enjoy this as much as toe piano, all except one stop. Whenever I pull that out he rises to his feet suddenly and commences to g'rowl and bark at mo in a most vicious manner, sometimes biting at the organ. Now, to my ear that stop makes no difference in the sound of the organ. I have tried hard to detect the distinctive quality which aggravates the dog’s nature, but without success. I have tried to fool the old fellow by commencing a tune on one stop and suddenly pulling out the obnoxious one. He never fails to notice this, although the sound to me is just the sarue."V